Azerbaijan closes airspace near Iran after airport drone strike
Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijan (Photo: Social Media/via REUTERS)
Azerbaijan temporarily closed airspace along its border with
Iran after an Iranian drone struck
Nakhchivan International Airport on March 5, according to data from flight-tracking
service Flightradar24.
The attack on the airport was confirmed by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry. According to that report, two people were wounded. The ministry condemned the strike and summoned the Iranian ambassador to lodge a protest.
President Ilham Aliyev called the attack a “cowardly strike”
and a “heinous terrorist act” at a meeting of the country’s Security Council.
He demanded explanations and apologies from Iranian officials and called for
those responsible to face criminal charges. Aliyev also said Baku does not plan
military operations against Iran in retaliation.
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